Lot
110 
Providence, R.I., 1846, 5¢ gray black, Pos. 2, touched to large margins, canceled by bold manuscript "V" and tied by light file fold crease on gray 1846 folded letter to Boston Mass., red "Providence R.I., Dec 25" cds and matching "Paid" and "5" rating handstamps, endorsed "Care of Penny Post" at bottom left; some wrinkling, F.-V.F. Scott No. 10X1 $7,000.
The Clapp correspondence was found in an old chest by a Swedish antique furniture dealer in Boston. Some of the covers were eventually sold to D. F. Kelleher who sold them to A. B. Slater. Additional covers from this correspondence were later found in the dealer's home before entering the philatelic market.
Reference: Slater, A. B., The Stamps of the Providence R. I. Postmaster 1846-1847, Haley & Sykes, Providence RI, 1930.
Lot
111
St. Louis, Mo., 1845, 10¢ black on greenish, Type III, Position 6, large margin at top, stamp repaired by adding left margin and frame lines and much of right margin and frame line, tied by manuscript cancel on 1846 folded letter with red "St. Louis Mo. Jan 26" cds and matching "Paid" handstamp to Galena Ill., Very Fine appearance, USPCS census #21144. Scott No. 11X2 $14,000.
THE ONLY RECORDED ST. LOUIS BEAR PROVISIONAL COVER TO GALENA ILLINOIS.
Realized: $3,250